Bryan Saunders
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1952 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 2022 (aged 69) Markham, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprinting/400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small}
Bryan Saunders (9 July 1952 – April 2022) was a Canadian sprinter.[1] He competed in the 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]
Saunders competed for the Long Beach State Beach track and field team in the NCAA.[3]
Saunders won a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1975 Summer Universiade and in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games. He finished second behind David Jenkins in the 400 metres event at the British 1976 AAA Championships.[4][5][6][7]
Saunders represented Canada in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics.
References
[edit]- ↑ Buffery, Steve (4 May 2022). "Former Canadian sprinter Bryan Saunders dead at 69". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brian Saunders Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ↑ "Long Beach area Olympic alumni". presstelegram.com.
- ↑ "Weekend sport". Birmingham Daily Post. 16 August 1976. Retrieved 1 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Stewart Mystery". Sunday Mirror. 3 August 1975. Retrieved 1 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Canadian Olympians
- Bryan Saunders at Athletics Canada
- Bryan Saunders at World Athletics
- Bryan Saunders at Athletics Canada
- Bryan Saunders at Olympics.com
- Bryan Saunders at Team Canada
- Bryan Saunders at Olympedia
- Bryan Saunders at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Bryan Saunders at InterSportStats
 .svg){kind=small}  | This biographical article about a Canadian sprinter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
Categories:
- 1952 births
- 2022 deaths
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Canadian men sprinters
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
- Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada
- Black Canadian sportsmen
- Black Canadian track and field athletes
- Athletes from Port of Spain
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Long Beach State Beach men's track and field athletes
- Canadian sprinter stubs